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Lifting big ships out of the water

Lifting big ships out of the water

“Say it quickly,” jobs are harder than they sound
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Nic Gardner
Conflict Resolution, Pirate Style

Conflict Resolution, Pirate Style

Disagreements at sea can have serious consequences
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Nic Gardner
Assumptions must be made on the basis of scanty information

Assumptions must be made on the basis of scanty information

as long as you‘re paying attention.
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Nic Gardner
What do fishing boats have to do with #metoo?

What do fishing boats have to do with #metoo?

A story of piracy on the high seas
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Nic Gardner
Seafarer vaccination is your problem

Seafarer vaccination is your problem

…and what to do about it
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Nic Gardner
What’s the Point of Rules?

What’s the Point of Rules?

Are they the means, or the end?
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Nic Gardner
The COVID Crew Change Crisis

The COVID Crew Change Crisis

When the universal crisis became personal
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Nic Gardner
Seafarers: the Forgotten Essential Workers

Seafarers: the Forgotten Essential Workers

“No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of…
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Nic Gardner
Sailors, Channel Fever, and Lockdown

Sailors, Channel Fever, and Lockdown

There’s a strange phenomenon that happens on ships; it’s been going on for a long time. It’s called “Channel Fever.”
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Nic Gardner
Seasickness: the Best Feeling in the World

Seasickness: the Best Feeling in the World

The best thing about seasickness is that it leads to one of the best feelings in the world: that moment when, several days into a voyage…
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Nic Gardner
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